Book description
What began forty years ago as a journey of exploration into the interplay between chaos, order, and the creative process culminates in this capstone work of Harrison Owen's pioneering career. From the creator of Open Space Technology (OST), Wave Rider shows how to apply the fundamental principles of OST to the day-to-day management and leadership of organizations. Owen lays out eight concrete steps for aligning ourselves with the driving power behind OST's immense success: the primal force of self-organization. We can't control it, but we can work with it—we can ride the wave.Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Introduction Wave Rider
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PART I Preparation for Wave Riding
- Chapter I The Holy Grail: Superior Performance
- Chapter II High Performance Systems Defined
- Chapter III Getting from Here to There
- Chapter IV The Anomalies
- Chapter V The Open Space Experiment
- Chapter VI Self-Organization: The Key to High Performance Systems?
- Chapter VII How Do We Deal with the Pain?
- Chapter VIII A Spanner in the Works
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PART II The Wave Rider’s Guide to the Future
- Chapter IX Becoming a Wave Rider: The Care and Feeding of Self-Organizing Systems
- Chapter X Step 1 Do Your Homework Before You Start
- Chapter XI Step 2 Extend an Invitation
- Chapter XII Step 3 Come to the Circle
- Chapter XIII Step 4 Welcome Passion, Responsibility, and Authentic Leadership
- Chapter XIV Step 5 Remember the Four Principles
- Chapter XV Step 6 Observe the Law of Two Feet
- Chapter XVI Step 7 Keep Grief Working
- Chapter XVII Step 8 Formalize the System
- Chapter XVIII A Day in the Life of …
- Conclusion
- Index
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Wave Rider
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2008
- Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- ISBN: 9781576759875
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